Question 1

What were the three most important battles in the Pacific?

Accepted Answer

Midway, Coral Sea, and Iwo Jima/Okinawa

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Caroline Islands, Sandwich Islands, Papua New Guinea

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French Indochina, Malaysia, Buurma

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Iwo Jima/Okinawa, Marshall Islands, Guam

Question 2

What were the Zoot Suit Riots?

Accepted Answer

Prejudice and murder of young Hispanic Americans

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Italian uprising against Mussolini's incompetence

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Race wars in Chicago over segregated housing

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Marches against discrimination in hiring practices

Question 3

What was Operation Torch?

Accepted Answer

Operation in Africa where the Axis powers were trapped

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An operation to the final push into mainland Japan

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An operation in France when the Germans invaded Paris

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Operation in Greece where Hitler agreed to help Mussolini

Question 4

What is the Maginot Line?

Accepted Answer

A defensive line created by the French after WWI

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The line that divided Russia from the rest of Europe

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The Allies pushing into Germany at the end of WWII

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Solider forced to walk the length of the Philippines in horrible conditions

Question 5

Fascism, Nazism, and Communism all fall under what ideological umbrella?

Accepted Answer

Socialism

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Democracy

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Oligarchy

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Capitalism

Question 6

When did the war in Europe officially end?

Accepted Answer

May 1945

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March 1946

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September 1911

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August 1945

Question 7

How was the WWII strategy different from the WWI strategy?

Accepted Answer

WWI was defensive and stationary, WWII was offensive and moving

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WWI was only on the ground, WWII had airplanes

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WWI used bayonets, WWII used tanks

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WWI was offensive and moving, WWII was defensive and stationary

Question 8

What was the Japanese intent in bombing Pearl Harbor?

Accepted Answer

To wipe out the U.S. Navy so they could conquer the Pacific and get oil

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To draw the United States into war

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They bombed it by accident

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To see how strong the U.S. defense system was

Question 9

How did the role of women change in WWII?

Accepted Answer

They were allowed to work in the workforce

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They were allowed to hold political office

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Their roles didn’t change

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They were allowed to fight on the front lines

Question 10

Where were the atomic bombs dropped?

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Marshall and Caroline Islands

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Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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Taiwan and Indochina

Question 11

Why is dissention important to American isolationism?

Accepted Answer

Dissention gives Americans the power to disagree with the government’s decisions (whether to go to war or not)

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Dissention gives Americans the power to disown their citizenship

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All of the answer choices are correct

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Dissention gives Americans the power to fight with another power

Question 12

What is the Normandy invasion and why is it important?

Accepted Answer

When the Allies invaded France; opened up a second front

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When the Allies invaded Italy; destroyed Mussolini’s reign

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When Hitler invaded Russia; signals the death of the Third Reich

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When the Allies took over Africa; signals the turning point in the war

Question 13

What is Blitzkreig?

Accepted Answer

German military strategy (aka “Lightning War”) to rush fast and far

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Jewish evacuation strategy (aka “Ghetto Liquidation”) to corral all Jewish together in a few blocks

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A British airforce strategy (aka “Carpet Bombing”) of bombing major cities

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An American rationing strategy (aka “For the soldiers”) of growing home gardens

Question 14

What three cities did Germany decide to attack in Russia?

Accepted Answer

Leningrad, Stalingrad, and Moscow

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Osmar, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg

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Karkov, Ukraine, Stalingrad

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Leningrad, Siberia, Moscow

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